The only other 29er I have ridden is a Specialized Epic (full suspension) so they were very different beasts. I've been on Dekerf's for a decade now, and I'm probably a lifer, assuming Chris keeps making bikes. This Team SST rides like my Dekerf Generation did, and that is a good thing.

The only other 29er I have ridden is a Specialized Epic (full suspension) so they were very different beasts. I've been on Dekerf's for a decade now, and I'm probably a lifer, assuming Chris keeps making bikes. This Team SST rides like my Dekerf Generation did, and that is a good thing.

I used to have a Dekerf Implant which I loved, shame I sold it, but there are discussion afoot regarding a new build sometime soon...

Chris welded thousands of Rocky Mountains when he worked there, that doesn't make any of those frames DeKerf's either though. I don't see why some people think that having a particular welder join the tubes makes that frame then one of his brand of frames.

As to the lack of DeKerf manufacturers forum, probably the same reason there isn't one for say Eclipse (which has only sold tens of thousands of bikes around canada), or Tomac, or True North, or Cube, or Ghost, or (shall I go on?)

I don't post to generate business for myself or make like I'm better than sliced bread